Senior Windows Systems Administrator
Company: SAIC
Location: Princeton
Posted on: April 20, 2024
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Job Description:
Description
SAIC is seeking a Senior Windows Administrator to join our program
as a general technologist to support our NOAA GFDL
program in Princeton, NJ serving the NOAA GFDL lab in a highly
scientific user and mission driven facility. This individual
would support both projects (60%) and user (40%) actives in a high
interrupt tiered support environment requiring rapid
response to the most complex customer systems inquiries. The
environment consists of a Core Windows Infrastructure
running on mostly Dell Hardware, with 200+ Linux workstations, 50+
Windows Workstations, and 20+ Mac Workstations.
On a daily basis this individual may divide their time between (1)
managing Junior System Admins to support lower level
issues; (2) identifying, evaluating and prioritizing customer
problems to ensure that inquiries are resolved appropriately;
(3) conducting project work on several complex system projects
simultaneously; and (4) managing and actively reporting
on project status; (5) setting technical infrastructure direction
and offering suggestions to improve and further automate
the environment;
The ideal candidate must be an independent self-starter, be system
agnostic, and adept at supporting Linux, Windows
and Mac in a heterogeneous environment, where the Core
Infrastructure is Windows, and have excellent customer facing
communication and consultation skills (with managers and/or
scientists).
The duties will include, but not limited to:
Providing Mid-Tier to Top-Tier System Administration for client and
server systems in heterogeneous environment, where
the Core Infrastructure is Windows based;
System Administration - Maintain IT Security posture according to
organization requirements, manage rigorous patching
schedule for all system software and firmware, manage existing
patching deployment tools, maintain and enhance current
tools;
Maintain, monitor, support, and upgrade as needed the
infrastructure environment, including the Windows Core
Infrastructure, and lead enterprise base work initiatives and
projects;
Support multiple systems or applications of medium to high
complexity with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control,
integrity and accessibility;
Work with project managers to coordinate and plan project tasks and
resources;
Integration solutions with other applications and platforms based
on requirements;
Maintain a monthly patch schedule for all workstations, servers,
cluster, hypervisors, etc.
Coordinate changes across multiple systems;
Perform routine maintenance tasks for infrastructure systems as
follows, but not limited to:
o Highly available virtualization and database clusters;
o Web server clusters;
o File Share services (NFS/CIFS);
o Multi-Tiered Public Key Infrastructure;
o Virtual Desktop Infrastructure;
Working with engineers on the requirements and provides
recommendations for improvements;
Recommend changes/enhancements for improved systems availability,
reliability and performance;
Coordinates problem resolution among a variety of functional areas
and provides subject matter expertise support for
diagnosing and resolving problems;
Recommend and implement software or hardware changes to rectify
problems or address improvement opportunities;
Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and standards;
Provide technical guidance, coaching/mentoring to team members;
Evaluate future technologies and makes recommendations for software
and hardware upgrades;
Generate and validate IT system baselines, including validation of
documentation;
Ensure IT system security basslines are met and security
improvements are implemented across the server and client
environment;
Generate processes to ensure appropriate user privileges and access
are granted, ensuring data integrity and security is
met;
Work with vendors and architects to understand their technology
roadmaps;
Develop plans to adopt new technology;
Writing/updating/enhancing system documentation concerning problem
resolutions and HPC assets;
Writing technical justifications for the procurement of hardware &
software;
Reviewing system inventory/warranty, plan upgrades for client and
server systems;
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree and 5+ years of experience is preferred, or 8 +
years of experience in lieu of degree
Experience with medium to large server/data center environment;
Experience working with Hypervisors, chassis, blade servers, and
Production Cluster;
Automation and Load Balancing Experience;
Experience with CAC authentication solutions such as Centrify in an
Active Directory Environment;
Experience managing and maintaining virtualization cluster
preferably Ovirt and Hyper-V;
Experience managing and maintaining Active Directory;
Experience managing and maintaining database clusters, preferably
Microsoft SQL cluster and Percona XtraDB/MySQLcluster;
Experience with system deployment, SW deployment and configuration
management solutions: Ansible (most desired),Powershell (most
desired), Satellite/Foreman/Spacewalk, Puppet, Symantec ITMS,
Microsoft SCVMM;
Experience developing/diagnosing automation scripts (Ansible,
Powershell);
In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Server/Client, and Redhat/CentOS
Operating systems, and have experience developingsecurity
baselines;
Knowledge of building systems for clients and servers; and
knowledge of different classes of system architecture;
Experience managing VDI infrastructure; preferably Microsoft VDI
solution;
Understanding of licensing structures for Microsoft and RedHat
products;
Experience with CI/CD pipelines;
Experience with configuration and support of access methods e.g.
VPN, SSH tunneling;
Experience with Backup solutions such as Bacula and or Veritas
NetBackup;
Keeping up-to-date with current hardware/software
events/releases
Experience managing and maintaining software scalable network file
systems, and centralized storage appliances;
Experience managing, and support Active Directory with smart card
authentication infrastructure;
Must have a strong automation experience, software deployment, and
configuration management solutions for multipleenvironments;
US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
clearance.
Desired Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree in a STEM related field and 5+ years of
experience
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no
deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or
boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed
when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2400366
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most
complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the
defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our
robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in
systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud
services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and
training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united
purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston,
Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion.
For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the
benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA
M/F/Vet/Disability
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